Duke of Omnium

Duke of Omnium, original name Plantagenet Palliser, fictional character in the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope. The Duke figures most prominently in Can You Forgive Her? (1864–65), the first book of the series. A stuffy yet decent-minded man, he is politically ambitious and neglectful of his beautiful and spirited young wife, Lady Glencora. He matures emotionally as a result of their troubled marriage and eventual reconciliation. In Trollope’s subsequent Palliser novels, the Duke and his wife are important figures in the world of Parliament and its political and social intrigues.

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novel by Anthony Trollope, published serially in 1864–65 and in two volumes in 1864–65. The work was the first of his Palliser novels, named for the character of Plantagenet Palliser, who is introduced in this novel. It tells the interwoven stories of two women, Alice Vavasor and Lady...